Welcome
to
the
MSGenWeb Benton County Page. It is my goal to
assist
you in discovering your
family
tree by providing searchable data, links, and resources. Good
luck,
and if I can be of any assistance send
an
email anytime.Melissa
McCoy-BellBenton
County
MSGenWeb
Coordinator

Benton
County FormationBenton
County
was
formed
in 1870, when reconstructionist laws came into effect
afterthe
Civil
War. Benton was originally Tippah and Marshall County up until
that
time. The town of Ashland is the county seat and location of the
Court House. Benton County borders with Marshall
County on the West, Tippah
County on the East, Union
and Lafayette on
the South,
Hardeman and Fayette
Counties in Tennessee on the North. The land that makes up Benton
belonged to the Chickasaw Indians before settlement. In 1834, the
Treaty of Pontotoc was signed between the State of Mississippi and the
Chickasaw Nation allowing
the
purchase
of
land by white settlers. Nathan Bedford Forrest, a
general
in the Civil War was from Salem, MS, located in what is now Benton
County.Old Court
House - 2006 Photo sent in
by: Bill Webb

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